Thursday, February 04, 1999
Butler Co. black history events abound
BY JENNY CALLISON
Enquirer Contributor
A broad range of programs and activities mark Black History Month in Butler County. All events listed are open to the public and are free unless otherwise noted.
“MUH” indicates that a program takes place at Miami University Hamilton (information: 785-3283); “MUM” is Miami University Middletown (727-3216), and “MUO” is Miami University Oxford (529-2266).
Continuing events
• “Strong Spirits,” portraits of African-American women by Brian Joiner. Through Feb. 20, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. 863-8873.
• African-American dolls by Delores Coles and Darla Knox. Through Feb. 15, Oxford Lane Library, 15 S. College Ave. 523-7531.
• Eyes on the Prize, PBS documentary series, 9 a.m. through Feb. 5, Johnston Hall lobby, MUM.
• “Young, Gifted and Black,” stories of success from Middletown-area professionals. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. through February, Commons Conference Room, MUM.
This month
• Friday: “Underground Railroad Museum,” Dr. Randy Runyon, noon, Art Museum, MUO. 529-2232.
• Saturday Taste of Soul dinner, 6 p.m., Wilks Conference Center, MUH. Tickets: $10 general admission, $8 for senior citizens, MUH faculty and staff, and $6 for children and MUH students.
• Saturday: Andy Bey Jazz Concert, 8 p.m., Parrish Auditorium, MUH. Tickets: $10 general admission, $8 for senior citizens, faculty and staff, $6 for children and MUH students. 785-3264.
• Saturday: “A Royal Evening of Jazz: A Salute to Count Basie and Duke Ellington,” performed by Jazz to Go of Columbus, 8 p.m., Manchester Inn, Middletown. Tickets: $10 general; $5 for students. 727-3344.
• Sunday: “Understanding Black History through Black Music,” William Theodore McDaniel Jr. of Ohio State University, 2 p.m., Lane Public Library, Hamilton. 894-7156.
• Monday: African-American Read-in Chain, 2 to 5 p.m., King Library, MUO; 3 p.m., Multicultural Resource Center, 114 Rentschler Hall, MUH; 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Johnston Hall lobby, MUM; 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Oxford Lane Library.
• Monday: NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner, saluting Freedom Summer, 6:30 p.m., multipurpose room, Shriver Center, MUO. Tickets: $25. 523-2812.
• Wednesday: African-American Female Symposium, noon, 110 Johnston Hall, MUM.
• Wednesday: “A Celebration of African-American Influences in Music,” 7:30 p.m., Clawson Hall Blue Room, MUO.
• Wednesday: “Education in Rural Africa,” Bud Angus, noon, Mosler Hall, MUH.
• Feb. 11: Edith Washington Johnson, granddaughter of Booker T. Washington, talks about life with her grandfather and her godfather, George Washington Carver, 10 a.m., Multicultural Resource Center, 114 Rentschler Hall, MUH.
• Feb. 12: Adinkra Print Session, noon, art room, Rentschler Hall, MUH. The public is invited to make West African Adinkra prints: symbolic motifs of religious, historical and cultural significance.
• Feb. 12: Carran Moham, soprano, 3 p.m., Multicultural Resource Center, 114 Rentschler Hall, MUH. Also, 7 p.m., Souers Recital Hall, Center for Performing Arts, MUO.
• Feb. 12: “Black Women in Math, Science and Engineering,” Dr. Tanya Edwards, 3 to 5 p.m., Heritage Room, Shriver Center, MUO.
• Feb. 14: Vocalist Kathy Wade performs in concert with the Ed Moss Trio, 4 p.m., Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton. Tickets: $10 for center members, $12 for nonmembers, $5 for students. 863-8873.
• Feb. 16: Over-the-Rhine Steel Drum Trio, noon, Schwarm Hall, MUH.
• Feb. 16 to March 21: “Interwoven: African-American Quilts and Traditional African Textiles,” Art Museum, MUO.
• Feb. 16: “Spirituals: Language of the Underground Railroad,” Tammy Kernodle, noon, Art Museum, MUO.
• Feb. 16: “Black Greek 101,” Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough of Old Dominion University, 7 p.m., multipurpose room, Shriver Center, MUO.
• Feb. 17: African-American Symposium: Speakers from region talk about relationships, money management and health issues, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Johnston Hall, MUM.
• Feb. 19: “The Significance of Quilts in the African-American Community,” Toilynn O'Neal, curator of Cincinnati Arts Consortium Museum, and live jazz reception with the Jess Birch Trio, 7:30 p.m., Art Museum, MUO.
• Feb. 19: Soul food luncheon for faculty, staff and students, noon, Johnston Hall Commons, MUM. Tickets: $5 at the door.
• Feb. 21: “Spreading the Word Along the Color Line: The Black Press in Early Ohio,” talk by Ric S. Sheffield of Kenyon College, 2 p.m., Lane Public Library, Hamilton. 894-7156.
• Feb. 21: “Beehive: The '60s Musical Sensation,” featuring music of such female singers of the '60s as Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross and the Shirelles, 7 p.m., Dave Finkelman Auditorium, MUM. Tickets: $10 general; $5 for students.
• Feb. 23: “Against All Odds: Black and Male But Successful,” Lloyd Richardson, 10 a.m., Multicultural Resource Center, 114 Rentschler Hall, MUH.
• Feb. 24: “Freedom Summer Revisited,” 6 to 9 p.m., Leonard Theater, Peabody Hall (Western Campus), MUO.
• Feb. 26: “Culturally Specific Support Groups for Battered Women,” Tonya Lovelace, 9 to 10:15 a.m., multipurpose room, Shriver Center, MUO.
• Feb. 26: Comedy Showcase featuring Jay Lamont, Hope Flood and Gary Owens, 8 p.m., Presser Hall, MUO.
• Feb. 26: “The Value of Storytelling,” Omope Carter Daboiku, 7 p.m., Art Museum, MUO.
• Feb. 27: “Gospelfest 1999,” featuring Virtue and the Christ Emmanuel Step Team, 4 p.m., Hall Auditorium, MUO. Tickets: $7 at the door.
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